Dorn finishes strong to win Ohio Amateur

July 13, 2013

CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Coastal Carolina University's golf team had a little competition between the players this past season: Whoever had the best final four holes in each tournament was the winner.

Andrew Dorn brought that little game to the Ohio Amateur on Friday.

Dorn trailed by as many as three shots early, then overtook Michael Bernard on the 14th hole before adding clinching birdies on the two closing holes to etch his name on the same trophy that includes Arnold Palmer, John Cook, Ben Curtis and Frank Stranahan.

"I take pride in the last four holes," the West Chester native said after capping a 2-over-par 73 that left him with a two-stroke victory at Brookside Country Club. "I really tried to focus even harder than I had all day on the last four holes, especially knowing how close it was going to be."

Dorn trailed Bernard, the 2010 winner of the Ohio Am and an Ohio State sophomore, by three shots after the seventh hole. He pulled even with a par on the 11th hole and took the lead by rolling in a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 14th.

Clinging to a one-shot lead, he gave himself some breathing room by birdieing the final holes. He blasted out of a greenside bunker to 6 feet and hit the putt at 17, then pounded a 3-iron to reach the green in two shots at 18 before taking two putts, the last from 2 feet.

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Final round scores from the 107th Ohio Amateur

By The Associated Press

CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Results from Friday's third and final round of the 2013 Ohio Amateur championship at the 7,100-yard, par-71 Brookside Country Club:

Andrew Dorn, West Chester 66-69-73-208

Daniel Belden, Akron 70-69-71-210

Corey Richmond, West Union 63-71-76-210

Chase Wilson, Zanesville 67-70-74-211

Parker Hewit, Westfield Center 69-69-74-212

Michael Bernard, Huber Hts. 66-68-79-213

Jon Clark, Clinton 71-69-74-214

Alex Pietrandrea, Cincinnati 72-69-74-215

Nicholas Scott, Union 73-73-70-216

Thomas Dunne, Dublin 74-69-73-216

Alex Andrews, Kirtland 76-67-74-217

Nathan Clark, Dublin 70-69-79-218

Peter Samborsky II, Dayton 72-74-72-218

Korey Ward, West Chester 71-72-75-218

Tyler Light, Massillon 67-71-80-218

Christopher Burger, Cincinnati 71-70-78-219

David Tepe, Liberty Twp. 72-71-76-219

Beau Titsworth, Avon 74-70-75-219

Aaron Bickle, Lancaster 72-71-76-219

Byron Firestone, Canton 75-68-76-219

Mac McLaughlin, Cleveland 75-72-72-219

Connor Dudley, Fremont 71-74-75-220

Clark Engle, Springfield 76-75-69-220

Robert Schustrich, Windham 74-71-75-220

John Chaney, Shaker Hts. 75-70-75-220

Logan Jones, Dublin 78-69-74-221

Kevin Grabeman, Columbus 72-75-74-221

Sam Geise, Centerville 72-69-80-221

Dillon Klein, Tiffin 71-73-77-221

Nathan Kerns, Ironton 72-72-77-221

Dennis Holub, Reminderville 77-71-74-222

Bryan Yeo, Litchfield 76-70-76-222

Tim Crouch, Mt. Vernon 75-73-74-222

Jeffrey Scohy, Bellbrook 76-72-75-223

Mark Borlin, Solon 74-74-75-223

John Mancinotti, Toledo 73-75-75-223

Ryan Wenzler, Dayton 73-72-78-223

Nathan Tarter, Mogadore 74-74-75-223

Marcus Hunt, Port Clinton 72-74-78-224

Bill Williamson, Cincinnati 76-72-76-224

Andrew Montooth, Columbus 76-73-75-224

Jeff Mallette, North Canton 74-70-80-224

Robert Gerwin, Cincinnati 74-74-76-224

Nate Yankovich, Blacklick 73-73-79-225

Tim Morrow, Boardman 72-72-81-225

Bobby Thomas, Tecumseh, Mich. 75-73-77-225

Erik Hoops, Perrysburg 72-77-77-226

Mark Monfort, Columbus 75-75-76-226

David French, Columbus 76-72-78-226

Michael Schmidt, Cincinnati 73-76-77-226

Matt Kern, Springboro 73-76-77-226

Otto Black, Pinckney, Mich. 74-71-82-227

Josh Wick, Columbus 75-76-77-228

Conor O'Hea, Middletown 76-70-82-228

Tristan Lewis, Pepper Pike 74-75-79-228

Seth Brenneman, Columbus 76-75-78-229

Nicolas Paxson, Cincinnati 71-75-83-229

Mert Selamet, Dublin 73-76-81-230

Matthew Renner, Hilliard 73-76-82-231

Alan Fadel, Toledo 74-76-82-232

Patrick Luth, Medina 76-75-82-233

Jonathan Ransone, Hilliard 72-78-83-233

Blake Foutty, Canal Fulton 75-76-83-234

Jacob Stasiulewicz, Galena 76-75-83-234

Stephen Spalding, Stow 76-75-87-238

Dorn, who will be a junior with the Chanticleers this fall, followed rounds of 66 and 69 to finish at 5-under 208.

He didn't come into the day trying to be a birdie machine. With the course drying out after heavy rains that shortened the tournament from 72 to 54 holes, and with treacherous pin placements all over the place, he knew he'd have to play for par and pick his spots to go for anything better.

"I was just trying to hang in there," the former Moeller High School player said. "I knew scores were going to be higher today, with the pin locations and the course in general. It got harder as the tournament went on. I just figured if I could just hang in there, and with two par 5s to finish, no matter what, even if I was a couple of shots back I could easily make that up on the last two. I had to keep myself calm and stay patient out there because birdies were pretty rare."

There were only two subpar rounds and one even-par score of the 65 competitors on Friday.

West Union's Corey Richmond, the leader after the first round with a 63 and co-leader heading into the final 18 holes, sagged to a 76 and was tied for second with Akron's Dan Belden (71).